York and Humber BMW Night - June 28th
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:35 pm
June 28th
BMW enthusiasts get together at the Barnes Wallis in Howden.
Everyone is welcome, we are a very friendly bunch.
Monthly meetings are held on the last Tuesday 7:30pm to closing time.
The pub we use is a real ale gem and the food is all home cooked.
No need to call first, just come on the night
http://www.barneswallisinn
.com/
1 mile north of Howden on the B1228, 5 mins from the M62 J37
Review printed from The Telegraph
Yorkshire pub guide: Barnes Wallis Inn, Howden, East Yorkshire
The Barnes Wallis Inn in East Yorkshire is a treasure trove of RAF memorabilia
By Arthur Taylor
5:24PM GMT 06 Jan 2011
Comment
It’s amazing how much valuable information you can pick up in a pub. I knew about Sir Barnes Neville Wallis’s input into the Lancaster bomber and the Dambusters’ bouncing bomb, but had no idea that he failed his maths matriculation exams, was one of the designers of the R100 airship, built at Howden and launched in 1929, and that later in life he specialised in medical engineering and woodcarving for a hobby.
All this and more is revealed on the walls of the Barnes Wallis Inn at Howden, a positive treasure trove of Wallis and RAF memorabilia.
The pub is a comfortable, large one-room affair, albeit with a huge beer garden for sunnier times. It became the Barnes Wallis only in the Eighties. Before that it was The Station, which was logical, since it is practically the waiting room for Howden station, a mile or so out of town. When the fast non-stop trains thunder right through, the pub shakes gently in their wake.
The bar is usually ring-fenced by locals, either perched on bar stools, or arranged in chatting groups. Landlord and chef Kieron Lockwood, resplendent in whites and chequered trousers, always has two Yorkshire cask ales on tap, as well as two guest ales.
This time around the collection is all Yorkshire, the ubiquitous Timothy Taylor’s Landlord from Keighley, John Smith’s Bitter from Tadcaster, and a couple from the Salamander Brewery: Bradford, Silver Screen and Dustman’s Hat. We had a pint of Silver Screen, light and lemony, as an aperitif, and one of Dustman’s Hat, darker and stronger, for afters.
The Barnes Wallis is known far and wide for Kieron’s rustic kitchen menu, but be warned, only the brave and abnormally hungry would be able to get through the standard portion sizes.
My companion risked it, chose the chicken with Stilton (£13.50), and was confronted by a plate the size of a lifeboat. She eventually had to submit to defeat and left a huge pile of vegetables which would have comfortably comprised another couple of meals.
My haddock bonne femme(”asmall”a portion, £11.50) arrived with broccoli, new potatoes, peas, swede and chips. I enjoyed it enormously, but had to give up shortly before reaching the tail.
They have quiz nights, occasional beer festivals and folk and blues nights here. Connoisseurs of aviation matters might note that the Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust hold occasional meetings as well.
In our kitchen we produce good Rustic Style country cooked food, using fresh locally produced ingredients purchased from farm shops, local farmers and fresh fish from our fish mongers in Hull. our kitchen we produce good Rustic Style country cooked food, using fresh locally produced ingredients purchased from farm shops, local farmers and fresh fish from our fish mongers in Hull.
BMW enthusiasts get together at the Barnes Wallis in Howden.
Everyone is welcome, we are a very friendly bunch.
Monthly meetings are held on the last Tuesday 7:30pm to closing time.
The pub we use is a real ale gem and the food is all home cooked.
No need to call first, just come on the night
http://www.barneswallisinn
.com/
1 mile north of Howden on the B1228, 5 mins from the M62 J37
Review printed from The Telegraph
Yorkshire pub guide: Barnes Wallis Inn, Howden, East Yorkshire
The Barnes Wallis Inn in East Yorkshire is a treasure trove of RAF memorabilia
By Arthur Taylor
5:24PM GMT 06 Jan 2011
Comment
It’s amazing how much valuable information you can pick up in a pub. I knew about Sir Barnes Neville Wallis’s input into the Lancaster bomber and the Dambusters’ bouncing bomb, but had no idea that he failed his maths matriculation exams, was one of the designers of the R100 airship, built at Howden and launched in 1929, and that later in life he specialised in medical engineering and woodcarving for a hobby.
All this and more is revealed on the walls of the Barnes Wallis Inn at Howden, a positive treasure trove of Wallis and RAF memorabilia.
The pub is a comfortable, large one-room affair, albeit with a huge beer garden for sunnier times. It became the Barnes Wallis only in the Eighties. Before that it was The Station, which was logical, since it is practically the waiting room for Howden station, a mile or so out of town. When the fast non-stop trains thunder right through, the pub shakes gently in their wake.
The bar is usually ring-fenced by locals, either perched on bar stools, or arranged in chatting groups. Landlord and chef Kieron Lockwood, resplendent in whites and chequered trousers, always has two Yorkshire cask ales on tap, as well as two guest ales.
This time around the collection is all Yorkshire, the ubiquitous Timothy Taylor’s Landlord from Keighley, John Smith’s Bitter from Tadcaster, and a couple from the Salamander Brewery: Bradford, Silver Screen and Dustman’s Hat. We had a pint of Silver Screen, light and lemony, as an aperitif, and one of Dustman’s Hat, darker and stronger, for afters.
The Barnes Wallis is known far and wide for Kieron’s rustic kitchen menu, but be warned, only the brave and abnormally hungry would be able to get through the standard portion sizes.
My companion risked it, chose the chicken with Stilton (£13.50), and was confronted by a plate the size of a lifeboat. She eventually had to submit to defeat and left a huge pile of vegetables which would have comfortably comprised another couple of meals.
My haddock bonne femme(”asmall”a portion, £11.50) arrived with broccoli, new potatoes, peas, swede and chips. I enjoyed it enormously, but had to give up shortly before reaching the tail.
They have quiz nights, occasional beer festivals and folk and blues nights here. Connoisseurs of aviation matters might note that the Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust hold occasional meetings as well.
In our kitchen we produce good Rustic Style country cooked food, using fresh locally produced ingredients purchased from farm shops, local farmers and fresh fish from our fish mongers in Hull. our kitchen we produce good Rustic Style country cooked food, using fresh locally produced ingredients purchased from farm shops, local farmers and fresh fish from our fish mongers in Hull.